April 16, 2020– EAGAN, Minn. – The Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), the world’s leading e-discovery training and certification professional association and part of The BARBRI Group, is pleased to announce that Elite Discovery, a cloud-native e-discovery collaboration solutions provider, has signed on as an ACEDS Affiliate Partner.

Through the relationship, employees and partners of Elite Discovery will have access to ACEDS’ breadth of job tools and networking forums, a global chapter network and events and a best-practice-oriented worldwide community of professionals. As an ACEDS Affiliate Partner, Elite Discovery plays an important role in the global e-discovery community, leveraging and contributing to the community’s collective knowledge and expertise, and the association’s education, marketing, training and professional development resources.

“Elite Discovery offers a suite of expert services and strategic technology offerings that span the e-discovery spectrum and contribute to the professional community,” Mike Quartararo, CEDS, president, ACEDS and professional development, said. “The team is known for its commitment to education, certification and building the e-discovery profession, and we’re glad to welcome Elite Discovery employees and clients through this partnership.”

“Elite’s enhanced partnership with ACEDS demonstrates our commitment to identify and partner with the world’s premier education and certification leaders,” Elite Discovery CEO Terry Reeves said. “At Elite Discovery, our goal is to be thought-provoking and forward-thinking in a manner that aligns our internal team of experts with organizations like ACEDS to provide best practices to the legal community.”

About ACEDSThe Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), part of leading legal education provider The BARBRI Group, is a global member-based association for professionals who work in e-discovery, information governance, compliance and the broader legal community. ACEDS provides training and certification in e-discovery and related disciplines to corporate legal departments, law firms, the government, service providers and institutions of higher learning. Our CEDS certification is recognized around the world and used to verify skills and competence in electronic discovery for organizations and individuals through training, certification and ongoing education. The CEDS credential is held by practitioners at the largest Fortune 500 companies, Am Law 200 firms and government agencies. ACEDS has 23 chapters, with locations in most major US cities, the UK, Ireland, Canada, the Netherlands and South Africa (with Australia and South America chapters coming soon). Our goal is to help professionals and organizations reduce the costs and risks associated with e-discovery while helping to improve and verify their skills and advance their careers and overall technology competence in e-discovery and related fields. http://www.aceds.org/

About Elite DiscoveryAt Elite Discovery, we believe every dollar you spend on eDiscovery should bring value to your corporation or law firm. That philosophy, combined with our client-first focus, has allowed Elite Discovery to lead the industry as one of the most highly awarded Alternative Legal Service Providers today. Since 2001, we have been innovating strategic solutions to any ESI challenge – from basic eDiscovery for litigation to government investigations and high-profile mergers and acquisitions, and our experts have successfully led the way. Partnering with Elite Discovery allows leaders in both law firms and corporations to have the cost predictability and control they need with the world-class security, cutting-edge technology, specific expertise, proven processes and instant scalability eDiscovery requires – so they may focus on key priorities critical to their company’s success. Our award-winning services include risk management consulting, discovery consulting, forensic data preservation and collection, data analysis and workflow management, secure hosted document review, document coding, managed attorney review, project management support. Our sister company, Elite Deposition Technologies, also offers process service and global court reporting. https://elitediscovery.com/

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The Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), part of leading legal education provider The BARBRI Group, is a global membership association committed to promoting and verifying eDiscovery skills and competence for organizations and individuals through training, certification, and supported by ACEDS chapters around the world. The association’s goal is to help professionals and organizations reduce the costs and risks associated with eDiscovery, and realize the advantages of performing it effectively. ACEDS awards the Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS) credential, which is held by practitioners at AmLaw 200 firms, government agencies, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and United Nations and some of the largest multinational corporations in the world.